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Introduction: The Epistemology of Mass Collaboration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2012

Don Fallis
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Human beings regularly work together to get things done. In particular, people frequently collaborate on the production and dissemination of knowledge. For example, scientists often work together in teams to make new discoveries. How such collaborations produce knowledge, and how well they produce knowledge, are important questions for epistemology. In fact, several epistemologists (e.g., Hardwig 1991, Thagard 1997, Wray 2002) have addressed such questions regarding collaborative scientific research.

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Episteme , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , February 2009 , pp. 1 - 7
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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